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Illegal immigrant who was a convicted child sex offender arrested at the border

Alex Lopez-Garcia, an illegal immigrant from Salvador who had been convicted of sex crimes against children, was apprehended Tuesday trying to re-enter the United States illegally. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection)

Alex Lopez-Garcia, an illegal immigrant from Salvador who had been convicted of sex crimes against children, was apprehended Tuesday trying to re-enter the United States illegally. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection)

Posted: Jan 28 2018 10:49AM MST

Updated: Jan 28 2018 10:55AM MST

TUCSON, Ariz. (FOX NEWS) - Border Patrol agents in Arizona arrested an illegal immigrant who had been deported after he was convicted of sex crimes against children.

Casa Grande Border Patrol agents arrested 51-year-old Alex Lopez Garcia Tuesday in a remote area as he tried to re-enter the country illegally. He was a convicted child sex offender in California and served five years in prison.

The Salvadorian national was with a group of six other illegal immigrants when he was tracked and apprehended by the agents on all-terrain vehicles west of Three Points, near Tucson.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a news release that an Air and Marine Operations helicopter assisted in the apprehension.